By BECKY KISER

An inmate in the Ellis County Jail died of an apparent suicide Saturday evening.

According to a news release from Ellis County Attorney Tom Drees and Sheriff Ed Harbin, 42-year-old Jeremy Lewis Davis was found hanging in his cell at approximately 4:50 p.m. Saturday.

Ellis County EMS responded and transported Davis to Hays Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 5:35 p.m.

Davis’s death is being investigated by District Coroner Dr. Lyle Noordhoek, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. According to Drees and Harbin, “there is no suspicion of foul play at this time. However, Kansas law requires the KBI to assist in the investigation of all persons who die while in custody.”

Davis was a Hays resident having moved from Texas. He had been a jail inmate since June 4, 2016. Davis was being held in lieu of a $20,000 bond having been charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felony possession of marijuana.

“Sheriff Harbin, County Attorney Drees and all of Ellis County extend their condolences to the family of Jeremy Lewis Davis,” Drees wrote in the news release.